The inside of this Sydney café and restaurant, which was created by a local company called Lot 1 Design, is inspired by the hues and textures of a natural reserve that is located nearby.
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Gumbuya is a restaurant by day and a restaurant by night, and it can be found in the Sydney district of Sutherland Shire. It is situated on the bottom floor of a building that has many residential units.
The restaurant is run by Noel Melan, a chef who works for the government, and its name comes from a phrase in Aboriginal language that means gathering place.
Its soothing interior was designed with natural colours and materials, such as broken stone floors, blackwood wooden tables and cladding, light blue glazed clay tiles, and muted green plaster walls. This relaxing design was inspired by the nature reserve that is located in the neighbourhood.
The home is 150 square metres in size, and in the middle of it there is a large communal table that people dine at. Above this table is a collection of dried indigenous foods.
The community table is surrounded by a series of smaller square tables, and there is also plush banquette seating and window bar seats available. The bar is located in the back of the building, next to the kitchen, which extends down the whole length of the back of the building.
The restaurant is able to be opened out to the tree-lined street thanks to a series of bi-folding timber-frame windows that run down the façade on each side of the entrance door.
The outside of the building is covered in the same light blue tiles that are used within the restaurant to line the bar. This is done so that there is a clear visual connection between the exterior and the inside of the building.
Tammy Miconi, principal of Lot 1 Design, told Dezeen that using natural materials and colours, as well as the restaurant’s link to the street, help the space to shift from a daytime venue to a midnight event.
Miconi noted that the space has been created with components that both a restaurant and a café may occupy, and this was mentioned in the sentence.
“The overall material palette is heavily based on texture and natural materials drawn from the surrounding environment giving you a casual, yet matured feeling that allows for a comfortable transition throughout the day,” she continued. “This gives you a matured feeling that allows for a comfortable transition from one part of the day to another.”
“For instance, the plaster walls that were done by hand change with the penetrating light throughout the day, providing powerful textural motions and then transitioning into a smooth, delicate moodiness in the evening.”
The servery, which is located around the back of the house, is one more space that undergoes transformations during the course of the day.
Miconi provided the following clarification on the servery: “The servery is quite a significant statement that has been created more like a real restaurant servery incorporating heat lights above the food-placement zones.” The servery is illuminated in the evening as a focus of interest in the area thanks to the use of strip lighting and feature lighting.
“This is paired with more of a café type seating arrangement including the adjustments made to the front face,” the author writes. “This allows customers to leisurely relax on bar stools while reflecting on the cityscape via the bi-folding wood windows.”
When night falls, the bi-folding windows may be folded down to provide for a cosier and more private dining experience. This can be accomplished by separating the inside and outside sitting areas.
According to Miconi, “the customer was craving a room that felt warm, friendly, and unpretentious,” and this was what they were looking for.
“A place where groups or individuals can meet at the large communal table that greets you upon entry or at the soft banquette or casual window seating, where you can sit back and enjoy your morning coffee or a glass of wine with your evening dinner.” “A place where you can sit back and enjoy your morning coffee or a glass of wine with your evening dinner.”
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Photography is by Simon Whitbread.
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